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I have a Sony TCD-8 with a custom set of binaural microphones, power supply and a ton of blank, never used tapes for sale for $375, obo. Less than 20 hours of use. (More like 10). It's in pristine condition. The binaural microphone pair captures the sound as it enters the ear, so you get the >perfect< stereo spread. It's good for regular applications too. Let me know if you're interested (off list of course), Jonathan El-Bizri ----- Original Message ----- From: <tom@swirly.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 10:50 AM Subject: Re: A hot street recorder > > Re: A hot street recorder>These things seem great--but is mp3 really > > equivalent to CD sound quality? > > > > Yes -- or better (or worse) based on sampling rate and quality of input > > (i.e. audio source, gear, audio-digital conversion etc.) > > What?! While adaptive CODECs like MP3 and its cousin ATRAC > (used in MDs and the late unlamented CD-I) are very impressive > for the fidelity of their reproduction, I have yet to hear an > MP3 that's equal in quality to uncompressed CD sound quality. > > A classic gotcha. You record a concert on MD and one of > the instruments is too low. But when you try to use > EQ to bring the instrument out, all sorts of nasties > occur (usually, the instrument is "muddy" because the > perceptual encoding has taken away all its bandwidth). > > "Rooms" and tails of natural reverbs also take a nasty > hit with these compression methods, particularly if > there is a loud sound while the tail of a previous > sound is still echoing. > > > Now, if you started with a much better quality of uncompressed > recording, say 24-bit/96K, and didn't compress too much, > then it's perfectly conceivable that you would get something > as good, perhaps even better. But I have yet to hear this > and I've listened to a LOT of compressed audio (and I'm not > THAT picky...) > > If you start with 16/44 audio, it's absolutely impossible > for the compressed sound to be better than the original > and mathematically it's impossible for it to be the same > (though for a lot of applications it's impossible for me > to tell the difference at a low compression ratio, which > makes it "the same" as far as I'm concerned...) > > Back to lurking now. > > /t > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > >